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Australian Principal Certification: Presentation by Jim Davies, CEO, Principals Australia Institute to MATSITI School Leaders Forum, 16 October 2014
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MATSITI School Leaders Forum, 16 October 2014www.matsiti.edu.au/events/leaders
20 years working with Australian principals with a focus on quality professional learning and
leadership development
PAI today
An independent company with:
• 9 directors • 100 employees / small offices in most capital cities• Other major initiatives include: • Kidsmatter, Mindmatters, Dare to Lead, palnet, L5
Framework, Work On
PAI is committed to…• working with principals to recognise the value of “many principals,
one profession”• respecting and acknowledging the varying contexts within which
principals work• consultation and working with principals to co-design and develop
Principal Certification• forging collaborative relationships• developing Principal Certification as a national response to
autonomous and accountable leadership practice• enabling principals to take responsibility for their own Standard• seeking to develop an empirical evidence base
#principalcertification
Why certification?The ability to develop a publicly credible certification system is a defining credential of a profession.
Recognition from expert peers is a powerful form of reward for professionals.
Promotion of widespread implementation of effective professional practices drives nationally consistent recognition of quality.
Certification is the way most professions drive continual improvement in their member’s practice; in their own and in the public interest.
“…if principals don’t own their
profession, then others will… we
need to be a part of shaping the future of
the profession…”
“Finding practical ways to thoughtfully and appropriately assess and develop leaders can have an important impact on the quality of leadership, and through that, on the quality of education in our schools.”
Goldring, E., Porter, A. C., Murphy, J., Elliott, S. N., & Cravens, X. (2007)Assessing learning-centered leadership: Connections to research, professional standards, and current practices. p1
…the fact that this is going to take
time to get it right is not an excuse…it is a reason to get
started…
Vision
Principal Certification affirms the importance of educational leadership and strengthens the unique role of principals to improve the quality of learning and teaching in schools.
What is certification?
Australian Principal Certification is formal endorsement that a member of the profession has attained a designated standard of accomplished practice in accordance with profession-developed requirements and the Australian Professional Standard for Principals (the Standard).
Australian Principal Certification is recognition of the Standard in action.
Principal certification demonstrates the professional commitment of principals to the Australian Principal Standard and to its operation in Australian schools. It affirms the significance of principals taking professional responsibility for the recognition and application of those who demonstrate the Australian Principal Standard.Principals Australia Institute (2013)
The Australian Principal StandardThe Standard is a public statement that sets out what principals are expected to know, understand and do. It is represented as an integrated model. The Standard aims to:
• define the role and unify the profession nationally
• describe professional practice in a common language
•make explicit the role of quality school leadership for the 21st century
Principal Certification Performance Management
Principal profession Ownership Employing authority
Attainment of the Standard
Professional learning and improvementPurpose
Employer requirements
Selection and appointment
Appraisal and review
Profession-defined Process Employer-defined
Assessment of evidence of learning and leading a school Assessment Appraisal of performance aligned to
employer requirements
Evaluation of impact
Conducted by peersEvaluation
Evaluation of performance
Conducted by employer
To the principal profession Accountability To the employer
Complementary…and different
What’s your purpose?
http://www.pai.edu.au/Video-gallery/#video2
Assessment & Evaluation Framework
An Assessment and Evaluation Framework, designed by and for principals will encourage demonstrated evidence of the Standard in action, and is consistent with principals as leaders of organisations, empowered to act autonomously and hold themselves accountable to the Principal Standard and to each other.
“Our ability to recognise and value quality professional work
depends on our ability to evaluate it. “
@Principal_Lead
APPLE criteriaA professional certification system needs to be valid and reliable, gain public credibility and be legally defensible. Assessments for certification purposes should reflect the APPLE criteria:
administratively feasible
professionally acceptable
publicly credible
legally defensibility; and
economically affordable.
Draft certification portfolio wheel
Structured portfolios should• be based on what principals normally do• reflect the wholeness and seamless nature of principals work, where several of
the professional practices are always at play• allow for evidence against several of the professional practices to be shown at
the same time.Dr Lawrence Ingvarson 2014
• be authentic and therefore, complex • be open-ended, allowing principals to show their own practice • provide ample opportunity and encouragement for analysis, reflection and the
exemplification of good practice• ensure that professional knowledge and values underlie all performances • assess a cluster of standards; and each standard should be assessed by more
than one task.Perlman 2008
Example portfolioLeading and managing change is one of the core responsibilities of a principal. Demonstrate how you made a significant contribution to the quality of teaching and learning in your school. Describe an initiative where you mobilised colleagues in your school to deal with an important need related to student learning opportunities and/or outcomes and in turn improved your professional practice and that of others.
Provide quantitative and qualitative evidence and describe the main stages, including the:
Discover: identification of a need or problem Deepen: close analysis of the need and how it informed your conceptualisation and
practical development of the initiativeDevelop: development of an innovative plan to meet that needDeliver: implementation and monitoring of the initiative, together with an insightful
interpretation of and reflection on its outcomes and documented evidence that the initiative led to improved professional practices and student
learning outcomes
“Education research shows that most school variables, considered separately, have at most small effects on learning. The real payoff comes when individual variables combine to reach critical mass. Creating the conditions under which that can occur is the job of the principal.”
Wallace Foundation. (2011)The school principal as leader: Guiding schools to better teaching and learning. P2
Australian Principal Certification …heralds one of the most exciting opportunities in recent time for us
to:
• shine the light on the work of the principal• acknowledge the specialised skills, knowledge and understanding
required of exemplary principals• elevate the status of the profession• work together to implement a process that will articulate and
recognise outstanding school leadership and it’s impact on teacher efficacy, student learning and achievement and whole school improvement
“join us…be a part of shaping the future of the profession…”
Contact
T: @LouisaJRennie
W: www.pai.edu.au/certification
T: @Principal_Lead